Description
Dudley Miller enlisted at Leavenworth, Kansas on February 20, 1865, and was mustered as a Private into the 79th USCT Infantry. On November 5, 1866, E. J. (Elliott J.) Miller of Platte County, Missouri, signed claim for compensation #96 for enlisted slave Dudley Miller and swore an oath of allegiance before Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt.
Miller claimed he had acquired title to Dudley by “…purchase from John W. Luttrell of Culpepper County, Virginia, on the 22nd day of August 1855.”
Miles Harrington and Benjamin Calvert of Platte County swore under oath that Miller had owned Dudley for “8 years." John H. Wilhite and Charles J. Murdock of Platte County also swore oath that Miller was loyal to the U.S. Government and had defended it against the Confederate States of America. Platte County Circuit Court Clerk George W. Belt certified that Miller, Harrington, Calvert, Wilhite, and Murdock had personally appeared before him and swore an oath to the truth of the claim. Miller gave power of attorney to the law firm of Chipman, Hosmer & Co. of Washington, DC, to prosecute his claim for compensation.Date(s) of Creation
11/5/1866
